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- 51 Siheyuan: From Hong Kong Island Hoodlum to Patriotic Tycoon 四合院：从港岛混混到爱国大亨 New title: 1950: I Use Smuggling to Support the New China. A period novel, not a Siheyuan story. [No System] + [Not a Saint] + [Multiple Film and TV Worlds] + [Please Don't Mix Up the Characters or Timelines] + [Period Novel] + [Building a Powerful Nation Through Technology] My soul lands in the body of a minor gang boss in 1950 Hong Kong. From the start, I have Kowloon Walled City, and I use smuggling to funnel resources to my homeland! From a low-level gang boss anyone could bully to a red tyc 3.9kReads8.4Score40414d adds
- 52 Late Ming: For All the People of the Realm 明末：为了天下万民 [Late Ming + Farming + Ensemble Cast + Chongzhen + Rebellion + Business + No System] In the eighth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhou Huaimin transmigrates to Zhoujiagou, Gong County, Henan. Drought and locust plagues ravage the land, refugees are everywhere, rebel bands pass through, and bandits are as thick as weeds. To protect their homes and their people, the protagonist organizes a peasant association. He leads the villagers in a desperate struggle to survive between rival factions and natur 1.6kReads8.7Score16114d adds
- 53 You’re a Civil Service Exam Tutor, So How Did You Become the Imperial Preceptor? 你一个公考讲师，咋成国师了？ [Imperial examinations] + [Mentor-and-student ensemble] + [Political maneuvering] Chen Wen, a top civil-service exam instructor, transmigrates to Great Xia and becomes a teacher. From the start, he has a dilapidated academy and three troublesome students. Chen Wen says, “No problem. This is what I do.” He uses logic to deconstruct the eight-legged essay, policy-analysis techniques to write policy papers, and interview skills to ace the palace exam. From topping the county exams to earning top ho 34.2kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 54 In 1742, I Topple the Qianlong Dynasty 1742干翻乾隆王朝 Yang Dong, a modern-day hotshot, unexpectedly dies of sudden cardiac arrest. When he opens his eyes, he has become Yang Guidong, the six-year-old youngest son of the Yang family in Yangjia Village during the Qianlong era. He’s beaten half to death by a local bully as soon as he transmigrates, but luckily, he awakens the All-Things Mall! Food, medicine, divine weapons, martial arts, modern knowledge... Anything can be exchanged! His grandfather is a reclusive miracle-working doctor, his nine uncl 666Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 55 Secrets of Qingning Hall: The Great Xia Chronicles of Rooting Out Traitors 清宁堂秘案：大夏锄奸记 The Qingning Hall Mystery: A Great Xia Chronicle of Rooting Out Traitors 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Ten Years of Vicissitudes 沧桑十年 This book is a memoir of the author’s experiences and observations during the ten years of the Cultural Revolution. From the start of the Cultural Revolution, the author was inexplicably branded a “counterrevolutionary” and a “capitalist roader,” then denounced and imprisoned, plunging into the misery of a shattered family and ruined life. As rebel factions rose across the country, the author even fell into the hands of a faction of Red Guards in Chengdu. Fortunately, drawing on experience worki 8.7kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 57 Livestreamed Across the Internet! Hundreds of Millions of Viewers Draw Lots to Defend the Nation 全网直播！亿万网友摇号护山河 [No CP + ensemble cast + group transmigration + parallel 1937 + connected livestreams + national team collaboration] Xia Jinli unexpectedly becomes an intern under the Heavenly Dao, and her livestream connects to the war-torn year of 1937. In this mirror image of Huaxia, the city of Jinling in the Long Kingdom struggles to survive amid the flames of war. Modern-day netizens hold the fort in the livestream, paying one yuan to enter a transmigration lottery. Some send emergency rations, some work 14kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
- 58 1918: The Red Star Shines over Germany 1918：红星闪耀德意志 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it! Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 49.3kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 59 I Take Trillions of Netizens Back to the Eighties to Rebuild the Nation’s Heavy Industry 带万亿网友回八零，重铸大国重工 [Industrial powerhouse + period setting + livestreaming + no heroine] After transmigrating to the Great Northwest in 1980, Lin Xi didn’t want to spend his life as a mere draftsman. When Mr. Qian tried to recruit him, he replied with astonishing boldness: “I’m not going to the design office. I want to make money at the labor services company!” He knew that without money, wind tunnels would shut down, projects would be cut, and the nation’s master craftsmen wouldn’t even be able to afford a new pa 67.1kReads9.2Score9.2k14d adds
- 60 The Fateful Needle of Xiang Embroidery: The Son-in-Law's Deadly Reckoning 湘绣绝针：赘婿索命 The Unerring Needle of Xiang Embroidery: The Son-in-Law Claims a Life 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Too Much Money? Help the Nation Fight Poverty! 钱太多？助力国家扶贫！ Destroy it all. They’re scrutinizing everything! The themes are poverty alleviation and politics. [No romance]+ [Poverty alleviation]+ [Tycoon]+ [Feel-good story]+ [System] On the day Cheng Ran, who had lived alone for 28 years, paid off the mortgage on her spacious apartment, she was struck by lightning. Living a second life, she had a cashback System. What was she supposed to do with money she couldn’t spend? She invested in variety shows, joined the China Association for Promoting Democracy, 1.9kReads8.8Score15314d adds
- 62 Primordial Lord Hongmeng: Jiang Qinghan's Investiture of the Gods, Wiping Out Evil Across the Nine Heavens 鸿蒙元主：封神姜清寒，肃尽九天邪 Primordial Hongmeng Lord: Invest Jiang Qinghan with the Gods, Purge Evil from the Nine Heavens 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Red Three Kingdoms: The Red Flag Rules the World 红色三国：赤旗天下 The road through the mighty pass is as hard as iron, but now we stride forward and start anew. Here you'll find an upright-to-a-fault protagonist and a stirring, heroic tale. When it's time to turn against someone, he does. When it's time to fight, he fights. When it's time to compromise, he compromises. He takes whatever stance the situation calls for. [Brain storage][Official history knowledge storage] 17.9kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 64 My Friend 朋友呀 The rating has only just come in. It'll go up later, so don't let it scare you off! Stick with it until Chapter 7 and there'll be a surprise [Youthful Campus Life + Friendship + Dark Humor + Antihero + Philosophical Reflection + Slow-Burn, Richly Detailed] The night before last, I had dinner with a buddy I'd known for more than twenty years. We hadn't seen each other in over three years, but he seemed to be doing unbelievably well. We talked about work and life, and he even said he wanted to 252Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 65 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Want to Be a Straightforward Fool? 都重生了谁还要做个老实人 No System, everyone is sharp, and the protagonist is decisive and ruthless. He’s no bleeding heart or womanizer: if he can settle things with action, he won’t waste time talking. If he can kill a hundred people, he’ll never stop at just ninety-nine!!! 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Record of Exorcism at Zhengyang: The Evil Pestle Restores Spring 正阳诛魔录：邪杵回春 The Record of Slaying Demons in Zhengyang: The Evil Pestle Restores Life 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 A Sliver of Hope in Desperate Straits 绝境方寸 Adult content! Not suitable for younger readers! [Not a power fantasy] [Dark and oppressive] [Realistic drama] [Serious literature] [A woman's growth] [Modern political scene] [No male lead] [Flight from famine] [Patriotism] [Political intrigue] [Career in government] [Anti-corruption] When natural disasters strike, the country urgently launches the "Westward Migration Plan," and the entire nation embarks on a long journey to flee their homes. Guided by a prophetic dream, the female lead stockpi 286Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 An Angel Hunts Me from the Start, So I Turn Her Over to the Nation 开局被天使追杀，我把她上交国家 Lu En transmigrated as a hero, only to discover that his allies were the villains? The people at the bottom were starting a revolution, while the kingdom kept up its oppression. Lu En decided to slack off and support the rebels. The kingdom flipped the table, summoning angels to hunt him down. At the critical moment, Lu En took an angel back with him to the modern world. Faced with an angel who had entered the country illegally, Lu En made the obvious choice: turn her over to the government! He 11.6kReads7.5Score99114d adds
- 69 Daughter of Jingwu 精武之女 [Republican era + traditional martial arts + wuxia + gangs + foreign powers + resistance against Japan + legendary heroines] In an era when China is battered by turmoil, various factions and foreign powers wreak havoc on Chinese soil. Jingwu hero Chen Zhen dies in front of the Jingwu School after being driven to his death by foreign powers while resisting their aggression. Twenty years later, his daughter Chen Piaoyan and Shen Wanqing, the daughter of a gang leader, join forces to resist the inv 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Four Roommates, Not One Decent Person Among Them 同寝四个人，凑不出一个名门正派 At first, the residents of Room 427 at Jiangshi University seemed perfectly ordinary. Jiang Han was a cute, lively little sister; Li Yan was a hardworking top student from a remote mountain village; Zheng Fei was a local Jiangshi girl whose family worked in the funeral industry; and Wu Xiao was a glamorous, alluring older sister. They all shared one conviction: no matter what, they must not scare their “cute” and “ordinary” roommates. Jiang Han: I have to make sure I don't reveal that I'm a mons 1.7kReads8.8Score19814d adds
- 71 A Yin Bond Before the Coffin on Yin Mountain, Guiding the Dead to Their Fates 阴山棺前结阴缘，赶尸渡魂定三生 A Yin Bond Before a Coffin on Yin Mountain, Exorcising Corpses and Guiding Souls to Settle Three Lifetimes 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 I Joined the Long March and Trade Step Counts for Supplies 穿进长征路，我靠刷步数换物资 Transmigration + No Romance + System + Long March + Patriotism + Supplies “I'm so hungry!” He stumbled along, looking as if he might collapse into a snowdrift and never wake again... Bu Yanxing, male, marathon champion and climbing enthusiast, accidentally transmigrates onto the Long March route. He crosses snowy mountains and grasslands and encounters countless soldiers. Fortunately, he binds himself to a Step Counter System. By racking up steps to exchange for supplies, he successfully reunite 3.3kReads6.1Score17714d adds
- 73 The Millennium Jade Disc: Zhaoshan's Deadly Plot to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 千年玉盘：昭山绝局锄倭奸 The Millennia-Old Jade Disc: A Deadly Trap at Zhaoshan to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Iron-Blooded Swordswoman 铁血巾帼剑 Iron-Blooded Heroine's Sword 22Reads—Score314d adds
- 75 The Haunted House of the Big Dipper 北斗鬼屋 The Big Dipper Haunted House 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Tale of Mystic Embroidery at Sanshengpo 三省坡玄绣记 The Strange Embroidery of Sanshengpo 11Reads—Score114d adds
- 77 The True Essence of Yin and Yang 阴阳归真诀 The True Art of Yin and Yang 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Forging a Sword with a Lotus Heart, a Graceful Shadow Takes Flight 莲心铸剑，荷影惊鸿 A Sword Forged from Lotus Hearts, a Lotus Shadow Startling as a Swan 20Reads—Score114d adds
- 79 Global Livestream: I'm in a Country at War, and They Beg Me Not to Die 全球直播：我在抗战国家求我别死 After passionately arguing online with pro-Japanese traitors from the start, Chen Mo, known as the “King of Keyboard Warriors,” got so caught up in cursing them that he didn't watch where he was going. He stepped into a hole and transmigrated! Can you believe it? He was thrown straight into the hellish battlefield of 1937! No System! No golden finger! He didn't even have a proper pair of pants, just beachwear! And to make matters worse, Heaven warned him: reveal even the tiniest detail about the 1.3kReads8.9Score11514d adds
- 80 The Yin Thread Gu's Lure 阴丝蛊引 The Yin Thread Gu Lure 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Haunted Tombs of Xiangtang: Three Graves Lock the Soul 享堂幽陵：三墓锁魂 The Haunted Mausoleum at Xiangtang: Three Tombs Lock Away Souls 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Espionage: This Doctor Is Hiding Too Much 谍战：这个医生藏得太深了 [Espionage]+ [The System Is Just Support]+ [No Harem, No Romance]+ [Surgeon]+ [Red] A thoracic surgeon transmigrates to the Republican era. From the start, his superior dies right before his eyes, leaving him like a kite with its string cut. By constantly obtaining intelligence through the System, he stirs up a storm in Shanghai. 329.7kReads9.1Score42k14d adds
- 83 The Jade Mirror of Qingqiu Protects the Human Emperor 青丘玉镜护人皇 The Qingqiu Jade Mirror Protects the Human Emperor 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Entering Demonhood Takes Luck, Cultivating Immortality Takes Connections 入魔靠运气修仙凭关系 Hold fast to your original aspiration, and you can see things through. It is easy to find your original aspiration, but hard to hold on to it. The story's beginning was surprisingly mundane. How could a life like that come after it? What should I say? First of all, I will finish writing this. Also, it's handwritten, with no AI. It's a little rough, but I still hope readers will enjoy it. 179Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 85 You Sent Me to Infiltrate, and I Cleaned Out Old Rice? 让你去潜伏，你把老米搬空了？ [Undercover in America] [AIC Agent] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Rivalry Between Great Powers] “Boss, if you don’t close the net soon, I’m going to end up as head of AIC!” Lin Feng is reborn in 1949, awakens the Super Undercover System, and becomes an agent for America’s AIC. On the surface, he is the most hard-line hawkish agent, constantly targeting Xia Country. Behind the scenes, he takes Uncle Sam’s funding and promptly strips the enemy of everything they own. Fighter jet blueprints, top-secr 262.9kReads8.6Score22.3k14d adds
- 86 Clearing Away the Clutter of Life 人间除杂 [Adapted from the real-life experiences of a rural woman college graduate] + [Drifting in Beijing] + [Two years alone in a rented room after losing her job] + [Cheated while looking for a rental] + [Parents seriously ill]. If these topics bother you, don't open this book. The reality is heavy. This is seven years of youth in the life of an ordinary country girl with no connections. At 28, I could have been an excellent hydrometallurgical engineer, skilled at removing all kinds of impurities from 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Supreme Soviet of the Vampire World 血族世界的最高苏维埃 [Low-Magic World] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Protagonist Transmigrates Whole] [Grassroots Path] [Encircle the Cities from the Countryside] Twelve hundred years ago, the vampires rose to power in Sylvania... Eight hundred years ago, they unleashed the first Vampire Calamity, which was successfully put down by the combined forces of the human kingdoms and the Holy Church Alliance. Over the next six hundred years, the vampires kept returning. With steel, gunpowder, and faith, the Holy Church A 19kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 88 VIP Quick Transmigration: Go All Out and Never Take Any Crap VIP快穿，就得超爽不受气 [Quick transmigration + strong heroine + satisfying read + patriotism + wholesome values + no CP] Some people die, but come back to life at full health because they're rich. Luo Rui spent all her savings to build a VIP quick transmigration System and worked herself to the bone completing missions. All so she could fill up her merit points as quickly as possible and return to her original world to die once more. … The System later said “Wow, Host is ruthless and doesn't waste words. She gets rev 3.7kReads9.1Score43214d adds
- 89 Ocean Survival: A 155Mm Howitzer from the Start 海洋求生：开局155加榴炮 [Ensemble cast] [Ocean + survival + large-scale cooperation + overwhelming advantage] Humanity arrives in an ocean world, with each person starting out with nothing but a canoe. Fortunately, they receive a final gift from their original world, which can randomly grant them various items and abilities. The surviving humans quickly join forces, and Chen Zhi joins them on the very first day. From cautious contact to an initial adjustment, from building trust to joining forces as one. With his one-o 32kReads8.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 90 A Late Ming Revolutionary Reorganizes the Ranks and Handcrafts a Mortar 明末觉醒分子重组，手搓迫击炮 History's unluckiest transmigrator starts out as a refugee in northern Shaanxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. Just as he thinks he's about to die on arrival, his “molecular restructuring” cheat comes online! Any substance can be rewritten; any structure can be rearranged! Hungry? Restructure cellulose into glucose and turn weeds into porridge! The original grain seeds yield too little? Induce genetic mutations in the seeds and harvest three thousand jin per mu! The Tartar cavalry is formidable? 45.2kReads8.1Score4.8k14d adds
- 91 Unbelievable! Did That Genius Kid Just Report to New Recruit Training? 离谱！天才少年去新兵连报到了？ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.9kReads8.7Score47214d adds
- 92 Reborn as a Leader, I Guide Civilization! 转生：成为领袖，我引领文明！ [Infinite Worlds + System + Saving the World] The protagonist is kindhearted. Read with caution. Note: The book's real title is: Infinite Reincarnation: I Offer My Loyalty! “Can human civilization continue to survive?” “Comrade, hold fast to your beliefs. A single spark can never be extinguished!” This was once an age of despair. But when rune towers rose from the ground and rune mechs swung their greatswords, the future filled with possibility. The Tree of Life swayed across the land, usheri 3.3kReads9.1Score28514d adds
- 93 War of Resistance: I Really Am One of Us! 抗日：我真的是自己人！ Lin Fang was an unlucky college student. After dragging himself through evening study, he stepped into a sewer and, when he opened his eyes again, had transmigrated to the Long March. He’d become a poor little kid rescued by the soldiers, and he’d even gotten bound to a System. Kill one Japanese soldier: 20 points! Great! Save one soldier: 40 points! Marvelous! As he geared up to build a beautiful homeland and looked forward to the future, he gradually unlocked his original body’s memories: 3.7kReads9.3Score33514d adds
- 94 Global Sinicization, Starting at the End of the Ming Dynasty 全球汉化，从明末开始 After his soul travels back to the end of the Ming dynasty, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, Wei Changjun discovers that he can contact the future. Before me lies the dying Ming dynasty, beset within by Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and rebel kings vying for control of the Central Plains. Beyond its borders, the Jurchen cavalry watches hungrily, ready to invade at any moment. Behind me stands a future superpower: the National History Research Institute, the Ministry of Agriculture, the M 8.5kReads8.9Score52214d adds
- 95 The 1940s: Conquering the Hard Years 四零：干翻艰苦年代 [1940s + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Artificial Intelligence + Growth] In a time of war, little Jiegeng was abandoned by her own mother. With her baby brother in her arms and the help of an artificial intelligence, she took one step at a time out of a small mountain village and grew into a towering tree. 9.2kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 96 Is This Crazy? Our Nation Is Invincible! 疯了吧，国家无敌了！ [Trading Mall + Nation + No Romance] What do you do when a trading mall binds itself to you? Answer: Turn it over to the nation. Trading Mall, first item: Spatial Sphere, 3 x 3 x 3 = 27 cubic meters of space, price: 64 yuan Second item: White Wings, flight, temperature regulation, and defense, price: 36 yuan Third item: Gaming Helmet, virtual world, price: 30 yuan Fourth item: Combat Unit A1, combat robot, price: 89 yuan Fifth item (special): Eternal Night Galaxy, artificial intelligence, 5.5kReads8.9Score40514d adds
- 97 Espionage: I Got the Living Yama System from the Start 谍战：开局获得活阎王系统 [Upright values➕decisive and ruthless➕no female lead] In a parallel world, Su Mingzhe transmigrates to 1936 and becomes a second lieutenant in the Military Statistics Bureau, where he awakens the Living Yama System. As long as he inflicts both physical and psychological torment on the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators, he can obtain intelligence. Su Mingzhe skips the interrogation and starts with a one-two punch: the tiger bench and pepper water! “Ding! Reward: or 13.2kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 98 Reborn in the Flames: From a World in Chaos to Glory 浴火重生：从乱世走向辉煌 The rating has just come in, and it will rise later. Rebirth + alternate history + no System + resistance-war espionage A hundred-year-old man, Wang Anqing, dies alone amid the chaos of war... Reborn in the resistance-war era, he must start over from scratch. Watch how this teenage boy grows step by step, makes up for the regrets of his previous life, and ultimately rewrites his fate and history. 6.9kReads9.2Score48014d adds
- 99 In the Dream of the Red Chamber, I Lead a Revolution Against the Qing 人在红楼，替大清革命 [Quick transmigration + System + spatial dimension + farming] A female-led quick transmigration story with no male lead. Men only slow down how fast she can draw her sword! Ying Qingyan is a descendant of the First Emperor. While gathering supplies, she gets bound to the Space-Time Administration’s System V587 and sent to various worlds to complete missions. Once she finishes, she receives generous rewards. Excerpt: V587: Host, Host, your mission is here. Ying Qingyan stands before the window wi 1.5kReads9.3Score10714d adds
- 100 The Book of Seals of Mountains and Seas 山海封印簿 The ideal of a global community versus social Darwinism Mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas cross into our world: divine beasts battle a host of ghosts, heroic spirits fight evil spirits, and the Way of the King clashes with the Way of Hegemony! Mortals converse with demons, while the primordial spirit becomes entangled with the conscious spirit. Season One: Tame beasts, level up, and set out on your journey; collect divine beasts, refine magical artifacts, and advance along t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
